Monday, August 16, 2010

Good Morning! I hope you all had a great weekend. With it being my last weekend with the kids, I took yesterday off. I didn't get on the computer at all until the evening. So with that said, I have a little catching up to do.

The first card I have to share with you is my card I made for Deedee's Digis. This was so fun to make! I followed a sketch (#292) from the Splitcoast Stampers sketch challenge. And I made it an even bigger challenge by using the Bloom Where You're Planted digi stamp set. I am not a gardener - by any stretch of the imagination, so it's harder for me to relate to those kinds of images. But I think I pulled it off really well.

Isn't that a fun card? I loved this sketch! Now, on SCS, it was recommended to print the sketch and use it as pattern pieces. I didn't go to that much trouble. I made it free-handed. First I cut the card stock to 4 1/4" by 11 and scored at 5 1/2". Then I put it into my paper cutter and trimmed off the side 3/4" on the front to a little bit of the back and chopped that part off. Using the back of the card that measured the full 4 1/4" as a guide, I placed the fan pieces so that it met that measurement, then cut the remaining 3/4" off the back. I hope that makes sense.

The next card I have to share with you is what I made for my Stamps Only Sunday post - that of course, didn't get posted yesterday. I made this for the Crafts 4 Eternity challenge which was the sketch, use pastels and say 'hello.'

I started to also incorporate stamps from CC Designs, but when I started coloring it I realized that the colors were too bold for pastels. So I set it aside and started over. I went with one of the adorable snowmen in the Keep Cozy set from The Greeting Farm. I had also cut out an extra frame that Penny Duncan created for me, but only used a portion of it. I think it turned out sweet.

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I am a mother of 3 amazing young adults! I am a proud momma of a Navy Sailor, a 2nd year college student and a boy entering college soon. In my spare time, I love to cook, read, stamp and make 3D paper projects. I've been a papercrafter for 22+ years and I love every minute of it. I decided I didn't have enough to do, so I also "own" a challenge blog, Tuesday Morning Sketches.
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